The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
IspxorAL TO THE APPKAL.I

proved every btatement THAI no uhu6.
Mr.. d iggar is one of the most graceful |
speakers we ever listened to. Mr.. j.
q. Herbert next came forward with |
the land boom, and sho we'd himself
master Of his subject. He closed with
a quotation from Gen. Lee that the
landowner would soon be the real
power of the nation. Mr.. Herbert is
from Holmes county, and that county
Ia proud OF her representative. Mr..
w, W. Msgrnder, of Hancock county,
wa, TIE next speaker, ard though he
was ung ell, he showed himself TO be
a strong and eloquent speaker. His
subject was: "Ihe Ysz,o Delta" and
he declared that said Delta wac Iqueen
Of the world. After the band bad
played few Lively airs, Mr..
+. ]. Riy, OF Madison county,
was introduced and presented q
most excellent address on the
subject OF English industrial schools.
He showed that the best literature
was not found in industrial works,
and that training in the higher
branches Of literature was necessary
even in practical education. Mr.. L.
s. Watson, OF Marshall county, made
a strong fight against the all cotton
system. He advocated the use OF fer.
tiliz,rs and condemned the credit
system. He said that II was better TO
borrow monev and buy for cash.
Mr.. ID. P. Mckay, OF Madison county,
was the last speaker, and he put
many head to thinking. His subject,
mar led for money, Drawn and brains.
His logic was excellent, his thought
WAS deep. He created profound i'm.
preston. At $3.50 pm. the senior
class gave q literary entertainment In
the college hall, followed by q banquet
10 the society hall. The programme
for the literary entertainment was as
follows: Frs, the class glee; then the
address Of welcome by the president
Next, Mr.. W. A. Lsmkin read beau.
tiiul poem from .. Newton
Beryhill. Mr.. L. s. Wstson's
grafton on "The Sword, the
Purse, the Brain" was q mastery pro.
duction. He divided the worlds his
tory into three periods; first, the time
when the sway Of the sword va, COM
plete; second, the period in which
money ruled the world, aud last, the
period In which brain is supreme.
The latter he ds'e, from the reign Of
Elizabeth, the days Of Johnson,
Shakespeare and Bacon. He said en-.
Enthusiastically no sooner did freedom
and civilization reach It's Western limit
than man with fiial llafection began
10 bear the good news back 10 the
mother country, as q result oil which
France and many others set asids
their King and hois,ed freedoms
banner. When the orator closed
you could have heard pir
fall, but this silence soon
gave way to a deafening applause
Mr.. p. K Whitney read q class his
tory aud Mr.. II. ID. Miner a class bi
ogrsphy. Mr.. Ray gsve thu ststistici
Of the class, ald Mr.. Duggar IN,
prophecy. MT. Ray noted the fac
that the aggregate sgss Of the mem
beers was 1886 years, the oldes
being tw Jnty.fise yearr, the younges
seventeen years The aggregate weigh
was gwen AZ 2267 pounds; Barry IN,
heaviest, being l7S lbs; Mckay tn,
smallest, Ray the tallest. Mr.. Dugga
In his prophecy tod as that Barr
would make a fat stock man, FitEIer
aid a mechanic, Herbert q Jolly farm
. or, Fuller beau, Tompkin 9 udener
Saunders teacher, Turner a stool
, farmer, Noel aud White q business
4, firm, Ray n negative specialist
> Magruder, a criminal asyer; Watson
a Statesman and orator; Minor, = law
yer; McKay, q philosopher and law
yer; D1ggsr, n farmer, and whitney
r a missionary. Mr.. Duggar declare,
thai In looking over the fac he coul,
read genius on no brow, bat h
= urged his classmates TO sGbstitut
!, labor for genius. The last exercise b
Q ijIe reading TO the banquet hall va
, the class valedictnry by Mr.. d. p. Mo
]. Kay. In q touching manner he bad
z farewell 10 people with whom they ha
8 been associated while at college and I
Q the members OF the faculty. He mad
the startling announcement that Gel
Lee was q monstrocity, and then tol
him that his heart had grown out
Q all proportions. He appealed 10 N
President to stay by the college. o
no account 10 forsake II. FINAL
!, TO his classmates he said that b
a would speak 10 them In the beautifI
a Language Of silence. The orchestl
played q soft. sweet melody, aud u
n members OF the class clasped eac
n others hands amid the applause oil u
d spectators. With this the exercis,
Q were dismissed. The members
the class, with their friend
then repaired 10 the ba
qnst hall, where an eiegai
. reception awaited them. Mr. u
Willborne acted AZ toAtmsster. /
first called upon Prof. Hsrringto
=. who responded 10 the sentiment
:. the present occasion. Mr.. Saunde
70 next responded 10 the sentiment
:, the president Of the Agricultural al
- Mechanical College. Pfoi. b. WAX
10 agriculture, and Mr.. Fuller - IT
~ Cir / Left Remind Me-" Mr. b
a Lee, one OF the great men OF Mits
:, sippi, aroused the pride and PATRIOTS
y. OF Ill who heard him, on the m
~ that marries fret. Mr.. Noel acquitt
:, himself with credit, and gave as eve
e reason 20 be due that Fitzgerald wou
"a be the man.
n Mr. r. NJ. Beatile responded In
De elegant manner 10 the class OF II
and Mr.. Herbert 10 the class Of 49,
m Mr.. Magrudsr % our alma mata q
q. Mr. q. T. Hamilton 10 our next
10 union. The exercises OF the q
a. we're very entertaining, aud will il
AM be remembered by the many irier
be Of the class Of 1857. In the languI
he Of John Willbofne, the college hun
~ lat, they 20 forth a. soldiers Of
,al hoe and followers Of the pillow,
ne we again quote from the same autl
In saying that they 20 forth 10 b
the place Of the great men who
now holding the helm Of State.
~ IT, QunrsE and whisky is the most